That's correct, after reading the OP again Joey's case does not apply.
So what? If it's true, it still makes him a beat.
Do you really think if Joey said to a bookmaker, fuck you I'm not paying you, that it would be beyond him to tell a player the same thing?
You honor your debts or you don't. If a gambler doesn't pay a bookie, then if he's a bookie himself it's not beyond him to tell his players to fuck off, too.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
